Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

WWII-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers. .

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.